HDP files criminal complaint against Turkey’s state-run TRT for causing public harm
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has filed a criminal complaint against the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) for causing public harm,...
Top court finds rights violation in conviction of journalist for reporting on corruption
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a prison sentence imposed on a local journalist who was convicted of libel for reporting on corruption constituted...
EP’s Piri: Turkish people deserve our solidarity in difficult times
Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Turkey, said on Tuesday the situation in Turkey continues to be worrying and Turkish people deserve the...
Kurdish journalists detained in police raids in southeastern Turkey
Journalists Ertuş Bozkurt and Mikail Barut were detained on Sunday in police raids on their homes in southeastern Diyarbakir province, the Bianet news website...
Press union insists justice minister explain continued detention of journalist
DİSK Basın-İş, a labor union representing media workers in Turkey, has demanded an explanation from Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç for the continued pretrial detention...
Venice Commission recommends Turkey not enact controversial article of ‘disinformation’ bill
The Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s advisory body on constitutional matters, has recommended in an “urgent joint opinion” with the Human Rights and...
Turkey does not investigate or prosecute journalistic activities: diplomatic response to UN
In its official response to a joint UN letter on the retrial of the country’s Reporters Without Borders (RSF) representative and journalist Erol Önderoğlu, the Turkish...
Turkish police detains 9 people in Kayseri over spreading PKK propaganda on social media
Turkish police on Tuesday detained nine people over sharing pro-outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and pro-the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) posts and spreading PKK...
Turkish journalist Kılıç in prison for 17 months like exactly told in quotes he...
“Would you tell me, if a president commits a secret crime, or a member of the army tortures, how would we know them? What...
Turkey’s RTÜK fines TV channel for insulting pro-gov’t foundation
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on pro-opposition broadcaster Halk TV on the grounds that it...
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